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Show THE The State Board of Public Welfare also cooperates with the Children’s Bureau on Social Security~ what has his life’s work record can readily determine the amount of pension he is entitled to receive and set up the machinery for the regular payment of that pension. But a man is unemployed often, sometimes many times in a year. His unemployment insurance amount varies with many conditions; his reasons for unemployment differ at different times. In fact, there are so many things which appear in an unemployment insurance program which do not appear in an Old Age Insurance program— so many things which must be settled on the spot—that there is serious question whether or not unemployment insurance in a nation as large as the United States can be properly administered from a Federal level even though there is considerable agitation for that mght now. . A fundamental principle running through Old Age Insurance and Unemployment Insurance is that the worker is entitled to either as a matter of right, not on a basis of whether or not he needs the insurance. Just the opposite prevails in the matter of Old Age Assistance. In Utah this and the other programs which are based on ‘‘need’’ are administered by the State and County Boards of Public Welfare. 'T'o be entitled to Old Age Assistance (often mistakenly referred to as ‘‘Pensions’’) a person must be 65 years old or older and. must. be in ‘‘need’’. . ‘Need’. is -determined under the state welfare law and no attempt in this series will be made to define it. The State and Federal governments both contribute to this program and the amount recelved by a man or woman is not connected in any way with his previous earnings. The state gets its money from the Sales tax to make these payments. Ifa man is 64.years old and in need, he cannot be taken care of under the State and the contribute to the fund. Federal governments also contribute jointly to the care of Dependent Children, which program is administered by the Board of. Public Welfare. as ‘*Child for which he trained Welfare’’, whieh is himself, etforts are made to teach him new trades which his handicap will not affect. Under the State Department ot Public Health are three plans which are pretty well described by the titles: One of these is Aid to Crippled Children, under which advice and medical attention are given. It the parents are in a position to pay, they have usually done all that ean be done. If nothing can be done to bring a cure, then the State, with Federal assistance, tries to make the victim as happy and comfortable as possible by providing whatever equipment is necessary. Parents who can pay usually already have -these things. The Enlarged Public Health Service is a plan which gives outlying communities certain inspection and laboratory services which they could not otherwise have. If water is found to be unfit for human use, efforts are made to help the residents get better water, but the State Department of Health will not actually finance a water system. The Material and Child Health program is largely an educational plan for expectant mothers, particularly in those areas where physicians are few and far between. The United States Public Health Service and the Children’s Bureau are both interested by law in these health plans.—Contributed. CONGRESSMEN UTAH IN 1943 MONTHS OF RECORDS VOTING FOR FIRST FOUR (R with labor; W against labor; O not Granger 1. 2. 3. Continue Dies Committee ... Removal of William Pickens. Forced Liquidation of HOLC. 4. Smith governments The State and Federal is known largely a training plan for social workers in outlying areas. The State School Office and the Federal government cooperate on the Vocational Rehabilitation part of the Social Security plan. This briefly is a retraining program. If a worker is incapacitated and can no longer do the work the Social Security Act but comes under a state welfare program financed by the Sales tax and administered by the Board of Public Welfare. If a person is blind and in need, he comes under the Aid to Needy Blind program and both SEARCHLIGHT Investigation ernment Be 6. Rua sPaw Ptah! oye ae ee ee Hobbs Anti-Labor Bill’ ..... 7. Appropriation Pavments Robinson R R R R R R R R R R R R R R of Gov- Agencies.... for voting) Incentive to Small Farmers |